Australia holds consultations on several brominated flame retardants as persistent organic pollutants
Time:
2023-10-26
Australia holds consultations on several brominated flame retardants as persistent organic pollutants
Australia is conducting a month long consultation on a proposal to ban several persistent organic pollutants (POPs). If approved, these measures will be implemented in stages starting from July 2024. The proposal will prohibit its import, manufacturing, use, and export, except for items that are subject to unintentional trace pollution (UTC), research, environmentally sound disposal, and use before the effective date of the decision. The specific content is as follows:
| Substance | Scope | As a requirement for UTC's existence | Intended effective date |
| tetraBDE、pentaBDE、hexaBDE、heptaBDE and octaBDE | Substances and mixtures | Four, Five, six, seven, and eight brominated diphenyl ethers each ≤10 mg/kg | July 2024 |
| Goods | Sum of four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten bromodiphenyl ethers≤500 mg/kg | ||
| HBCDD,include α-、β- and γ-HBCDD | Substances and mixtures | ≤100 mg/kg | July 2024 |
| Goods | ≤100 mg/kg | ||
| nonaBDE and decaBDE | Substances and mixtures | nonaBDE和decaBDE≤10 mg/kg | July 2025 |
| Goods |
Tetra、penta-、hexa-、hepta-、octa-、nona-和decaBDE总和≤500 mg/kg |
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